“I can’t say that Im sorry for the things that we done…..At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun”– Bruce Springsteen, “Nebraska”

It was today in 1958 that 19-year old, James Dean obsessed Charles Starkweather drove to his 14-year old girlfriend’s house in Lincoln, Nebraska and when told to stay away from her, killed the mother, step-father and sister of Caril Ann Fugate.

After burying the bodies, the two went on to kill 10 more on a two month road trip that’s been covered by Springsteen and the movies “Kalifornia” and “Natural Born Killers.”

Today in 1979 the Pittsburgh Steelers became the first team to win three Super Bowls, beating the Dallas Cowboys 35-31. The game was a classic Super Bowl as both teams were trying to win their third Lombardi Trophy and were clearly the best two teams in the league. The Steelers got to the game by beating the Broncos 33-10 and the Oilers 34-5, while the Cowboys had beaten the Falcons 27-20 and the Rams 28-0.

The Golden Globes got it right today in 2001, when they awarded Best Musical or Comedy to “Almost Famous.” It wasn’t nominated for an Academy Award that year, and of the five (all pretty good) that were nominated, “Gladiator,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Erin Brockovich,” Chocolat,” and “Traffic,” I’d venture that almost anyone reading this would rather watch “Almost Famous.”  

It was at the same Globes that Sarah Jessica Parker defeated, among others, Calista Flockhart for Best Actress in a TV Comedy. 2001? Sex and the City and Ally McBeal? That sounds like 1993 doesn’t it?

Happy Birthday to Jack Nicklaus (73), Billy Ocean (63), and both Hakeem Olajuwon and Detlef Schrempf (50).

— Bill Hubbell